Ray galton and johnny speight two of britains most successful comedy writers teamed up to create this top 20 rated wryly comic look at daily life in a suburban police station where corruption is rife and unenlightened attitudes abound lasting three series and paying homage to the immortal will hay spooners patch stars ronald fraser in series one only and donald churchill as the eponymous police inspector alongside sitcom stalwarts norman rossington peter cleall and patricia hayes ins